The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has hailed a historic agreement at COP27 to pay poorer countries for damage wrought by climate change.
The two week climate summit wrapped last night.
Guterres says the loss and damage decision was a much needed signal to rebuild broken trust between the developing world and rich countries.
But he says the meeting failed to get an agreement to drastically reduce emissions, leaving the planet in the "emergency room" in a battle for all of our lives.
University of Otago professor and climate finance and energy expert Ivan Diaz-Rainey spoke to Kim Hill.